Apple Crumble...

Apple Crumble
Ingredients
Apples 3 medium cooking apples
Granulated sugar 6oz (170 grams)
Butter or cooking margarine 6oz (170 grams)
Self-raising flour 10oz (280 grams)
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup crushed or Corn Flakes (any breakfast cereals will do)
1 Medium-sized oven-proof dish
Scales
Fork

Preheat your oven,  Heat settings are 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 5.

-Mix the butter / margarine with the flour in a dry bowl using a fork until you have a texture like breadcrumbs. It's not important that every single bit is like breadcrumbs, but try and get most of it like that. This will take about three minutes. If you are adding the optional ingredients of oatmeal or Corn Flakes, do it now. Mix it all in well.

-Add 4 (not all the 6) ounces of sugar to the mixture and mix it all together with the fork. This will tend to make the mixture even more like breadcrumbs. That's your crumble mixture made and ready.

- Peel the apples and cut each one into four parts. Cut out the core from each of the sections.
Slice the apple quarters - no need to slice them too thinly, about six slices per quarter section of apple will do just fine.

-Put the apple slices into the casserole dish. If you are adding the optional cinnamon, do it now. Make sure it is sprinkled evenly throughout the apples. Sprinkle the remaining 2 ounces of sugar evenly over the apples.
Now, evenly spread the 'crumble' mixture over the sugared apples.

-Put this into the middle of your pre-heated oven at 180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 5 for 40 minutes.

One trick, put the apple crumble under a hot grill for about 30 seconds to 'brown' the crumble topping. Keep a good eye on it though because 30 seconds too much can result in a very black crumble topping!
When the crumble is cooked, leave it to cool for at least 15 minutes.
Beware, apple crumble can stay really hot for an hour or so.

Serve hot or cold with ice cream, cream or custard....ENJOY